Abstract
The 5-(2-aryl-2-oxoethyl)-3-isoxazolidinones 3a-e were prepared from the methyl 3-aryl-2-isoxazoline-5-acetates 2a-e and sodium hexanolate in boiling hexanol in yields from 46 to 86 %. The reaction conditions were optimized and a mechanism for this reaction is proposed and discussed.